BASH - If $TIME between 8am and 1pm do.., esle do.. Specifying time variables and if statements in BASH

bash, mysql, variables

Solution

In this case, you just need to look at the hour. Also, bash has syntax to specify the radix of a number, so you don't have to worry about 08 and 09 being invalid octal numbers:

H=$(date +%H)
if (( 8 <= 10#$H && 10#$H < 13 )); then 
    echo between 8AM and 1PM
elif (( 13 <= 10#$H && 10#$H < 23 )); then 
    echo between 1PM and 11PM
else
    echo go to bed
fi

"10#$H" is the contents of the variable, in base 10.

Actually, better to use `%k` instead of `%H` to avoid the invalid octal problem.

H=$(date -d '08:45' "+%H")
(( 13 <= H && H < 23 )) && echo ok || echo no

bash: ((: 08: value too great for base (error token is "08")

versus

H=$(date -d '08:45' "+%k")
# ....................^^
(( 13 <= H && H < 23 )) && echo ok || echo no

no

Problem

I need to run a command when something is entered in BASH with a certain time-frame, and if it's not that time run another command. Here's what I've got so far, but it doesn't appear to be working.. ``` FLATTIME=$(date "+%H%M") FLATTIME=${FLATTIME##0} if ! [[ $FLATTIME -gt 1130 ]] ; then mysql --host=192.168.0.100 --user=myself --password=mypass thedb << EOF INSERT INTO $STAFFID values ('','$STAFFID','$THETIME','','$THEDATE','$DAYOFWEEK'); EOF else mysql --host=192.168.1.92 --user=myself --password=mypass thedb << EOF UPDATE $STAFFID SET Out_Time='$THETIME' WHERE date='$THEDATE'; EOF fi ``` Ideally what I'd like is to have something like: if the time is between 8am and 1pm do the first command, if the time is between 1pm and 11pm do the second command, else echo "someone's been at work too long". I've tried a few variations but no luck, it just seems to run the first command whatever I do..

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